Between 12-13 March, COM EUFOR Major General László Sticz attended the Budapest Balkans Forum in Budapest, organized by Hungarian Institute of International Affairs where he participated the panel 'Security Maintained: International Actors and Missions on the Ground' with Commander of NATO HQ Sarajevo Brigadier General Pamela McGaha and DCOM KFOR Brigadier General Federico Bernacca.

COM EUFOR stressed that “We don't see any direct threats to the security of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main challenges are of political nature, and EU integration could resolve those.”

On the margin of the Budapest Balkans Forum, COM EUFOR met H.E. René Troccaz, Special Envoy for the Western Balkans of France, H.E. Claire Legras, Ambassador of France to Budapest and Ms. Julie Thisse, Deputy Head of Mission to discuss the security situation and the role of EUFOR in BiH as well as the importance of French contribution to EUFOR and the French foreign and defence policy with regards to the Western Balkans region.